GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Winnie Brinks has declared victory in a 76th District state House race over incumbent Roy Schmidt and a write-in candidate endorsed by The Grand Rapids Press editorial board.

With about 20 percent of precincts reporting results, Brinks has 49.4 percent of the vote. Schmidt has 23.2 percent, and about 13 percent of votes have gone for a write-in candidate – likely Bing Goei.

“I haven’t seen my numbers yet, so I don’t know what to tell you,” Goei said by phone from his election party at The Goei Center on Butterworth Avenue SW. “We’re still watching and waiting. We’ve already been told it’s going to be late for us.

“We’re not declaring anything yet. We’re going to wait it out for a while.”